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Music from Russia with love will end fest
By Joyce Zhang |
May 13, 2012, Sunday
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AN extravagant Russian musical "Monte Cristo" based on the adventure novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" will be staged this week as the final offering of the 29th Shanghai Spring International Music Festival.
The play with Russian dialogue and Chinese subtitles will be performed from Friday to Sunday (May 18-20) at the Shanghai Culture Square.
Two other Russian concerts will be staged this month. Next Thursday the Russian Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. On May 23, violinist Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists orchestra will stage at the Shanghai Grand Theater.
During the three-week music festival, more than 40 performances were staged by artists from more than a dozen countries. Original works and performances by new stars represented around half of the performances.
The new Russian musical "Monte Cristo" will make its overseas debut in Shanghai and its selection for the closing of the festival is in keeping with the tradition of staging fresh and interesting works to bring down the curtain.
The musical is a new form of musical theater in Russia, as it is in China. "Monte Cristo" was performed around 100 times in Russia and was well received, according to Wei Zhi, vice secretary-general of the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival Committee.
"Most people know the story of the Count of Monte Cristo, but they may be curious about how it can be presented as a musical." The adventure novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo," was written in 1874 by Alexandre Dumas, telling the swashbuckling tale of a young sailor, Edward Dantes, falsely accused of treason and imprisoned for years, his daring escape and revenge.
Singers from the Moscow Light Opera House will perform in the colorful production that includes acting, dancing and multi-media special effects.
According to Wei, the show contains elements of Russian opera and ballet, for which the country is famous. It's quite distinct from Broadway and West End theater.
Russian stage productions today are colorful and lively, quite different from the images of classical music and ballet familiar to Chinese audiences.
The Russian musical will give local audiences fresh ideas about Russian arts today.
"Russian music is not all about Tchaikovsky or 'Nights of Moscow'," Wei says.
? Concert by Russian Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
Date: May 17, 7:30pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Rd, Pudong
Tickets: 80-1,280 yuan (US$12.76-204.15)
Tel: 962-388
? Musical "Monte Cristo"
Date: May 18-20, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Culture Square, 36 Yongjia Rd
Tickets: 80-1,280 yuan (US$12.76-204.15)
Tel: 962-388
? Concert by Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists
Date: May 23, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Grand Theater, 300 People's Ave
Tickets: 80-680 yuan
Tel: 962-388
The play with Russian dialogue and Chinese subtitles will be performed from Friday to Sunday (May 18-20) at the Shanghai Culture Square.
Two other Russian concerts will be staged this month. Next Thursday the Russian Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. On May 23, violinist Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists orchestra will stage at the Shanghai Grand Theater.
During the three-week music festival, more than 40 performances were staged by artists from more than a dozen countries. Original works and performances by new stars represented around half of the performances.
The new Russian musical "Monte Cristo" will make its overseas debut in Shanghai and its selection for the closing of the festival is in keeping with the tradition of staging fresh and interesting works to bring down the curtain.
The musical is a new form of musical theater in Russia, as it is in China. "Monte Cristo" was performed around 100 times in Russia and was well received, according to Wei Zhi, vice secretary-general of the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival Committee.
"Most people know the story of the Count of Monte Cristo, but they may be curious about how it can be presented as a musical." The adventure novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo," was written in 1874 by Alexandre Dumas, telling the swashbuckling tale of a young sailor, Edward Dantes, falsely accused of treason and imprisoned for years, his daring escape and revenge.
Singers from the Moscow Light Opera House will perform in the colorful production that includes acting, dancing and multi-media special effects.
According to Wei, the show contains elements of Russian opera and ballet, for which the country is famous. It's quite distinct from Broadway and West End theater.
Russian stage productions today are colorful and lively, quite different from the images of classical music and ballet familiar to Chinese audiences.
The Russian musical will give local audiences fresh ideas about Russian arts today.
"Russian music is not all about Tchaikovsky or 'Nights of Moscow'," Wei says.
? Concert by Russian Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra
Date: May 17, 7:30pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Rd, Pudong
Tickets: 80-1,280 yuan (US$12.76-204.15)
Tel: 962-388
? Musical "Monte Cristo"
Date: May 18-20, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Culture Square, 36 Yongjia Rd
Tickets: 80-1,280 yuan (US$12.76-204.15)
Tel: 962-388
? Concert by Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists
Date: May 23, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Grand Theater, 300 People's Ave
Tickets: 80-680 yuan
Tel: 962-388
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